The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-10-01
Maryland Affairs.

Policeman Robert S. Bradley, of Baltimore.
accidentally shot and killed himself Monday
morning, while examining his revolver.
Cardinal Gibbons left Baltimore on Tues.
day for his Western trip, and will not return
until December. He will visit Chicago.
Milwaukee, st. Paul, Portland, Oregon, and
various other cities.
DR.. E. W. Mobberly, one of the oldest and
most highly respected citizens of Frederick
county, died at his residence, in New Market,
at ten O'Clock last Saturday morning. He
was in his s5th year.
The September registration closed in Balti.
more last week. During the fifteen days the
books were open 5,649 white and ,735 color
ed voters were registered, and 1863 white and
1856 colored stricken of.
Prof. Emil Ham, of Baltimore, has com.
posed a set of waltz music to be played by
four hands, which he has dedicated BY per.
mission to the wife of President Cleveland.
The set has been entitled "Forest Flowers
Articles have been signed a. Cumberland
land, October 8, between w. H. Hough, of
Homecoming, and George H. Smith, of Pitts
burg. for $500 a side, distance 125 yards,
Smith to give Hough q yards start.
Two old citizens of Baltimore, who for
thirty years were partners in the undertaking
business and both of whom had passed the
four-score mark in life, died Sunday afternoon
within two hours of each other. They were
Henry Green, ST., aged SO, and John B.
Blackiston, aged 81.
A dispatch from Bridgeport, Florida, says:
Isaac W. Brown, formely of Collington and
Marlboro, Prince Georges county, Nd. in
fit of insanity killed his wife about 7.15
Sunday morning, and tried to kill his son
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and handed over to the proper authorities.
The managers of the Cecil county fair,
which commences at Elkton on October 4th
are making preparations for great attrac-
tons The entries of exhibits and entries for
the races are very numerous. A tournament,
| in which sixteen Knights have entered, twelve
| from Baltimore county, and an athletic exhi-
ton, in which some of the most distinguished
amateurs will compete, are two of the extra
attractions.
| The Baltimore Base Ball club have passed
Louisville and hold third place. The Balti-
mores have been winning steadily and the
Kentuckians have been losing, three straight
games having been lost to Cleveland this
week. Cincinnati stopped its winning gait
on Thursday, being beaten by st. Louis. The
latter club lost purposely four or five games
to Cincinnati in order to give the Porkopoli-
tans second place.
Cadet Edward E. Lang of Ohio, who was
recently tried by court martial for hazing
Cadet Lane, fourth classman, has been dis
missed from the Annapolis Naval Academy.
Lang is the student, in connection with
others, who gave Lane the alternative Of eating
soap or fighting an upper classman. Lane chose
the latter, and Lang has received merited
punishment, except he should be drummed
out of the grounds in disgrace.
Col. Derrickson, states attorney of Wor-
cester county was attacked and knocked sense
less near his home at Snow Hill, last Friday
night, by two colored men named Robbins
and Rayne. The latter was arrested and
confessed, and Robbins was captured at Sal
isbury. After attacking Col. Derrickson they
robbed him of between thirty and fifty dollars.
On Monday Col. Derrickson had not recover
ed consciousness sufficiently to give any par
ticulars. On Thursday he was better.
George Rawlett, young white man, aged
I8 wears, was instantly killed Saturday night
while standing in front of his blacksmith shop
in Prince Georges county, near the District
of Columbia line. Four negroes collected
near Rawlett and commenced quarrelling over
game of cards. when one of them suddenly
drew pistol and fired at one of his compan-
ions, who ran toward Rawlett. The weapon
was not well aimed, and missed It's mark, but
crashed into Rawletts temple, causing instant
death.
Carrie Quander, colored, the seven-year-
old daughter of Gabriel Quander, was fatally
burned on Monday afternoon. She and
younger brother were left alone in the house,
and while playing before an open fire her
clothes caught and she was soon enveloped in
flames. She ran screaming from the house
and tried to jump into Mr.. Traband's mill
race a few yards away, but her dress caught
in a clump of briers, and before assistance
reached her nothing was left but a few char
red remains Upper Marlboro Gazette.
The Frederick correspondent of the Balti
more San says: "As the result of a report
freely circulated in this county during the past
month that the potato crop in Ohio was a
failure this year, from 80 to so carloads OF
potatoes we're bought up by spectators at
prices ranging from 40 to 60 cents bushel
and shipped to Tifin, in that State. Within
| the past day or two information has been re-
ceived here that the market at that point was
glutted, and the price realized was about 40
\ cents only, less commission paid, instead of
$1.25 or $780, which was expected
The fourteenth annual exhibition of the
Agricultural and Mechanical Society of Har-
ford county will commence at their fair
grounds, at Bel Air, on Monday, October
| 18th, and continue four days. This Society
is one of the most prosperous in the State,
and the annual exhibitions have hitherto at
tracted large crowds of people. The premium
lists for this year are large, and cover every
department of agriculture and mechanics.
| Thirty four hundred dollars will be given as
purses to the winners of the several races,
some of which bid fair to be very spirited aud
interesting.
DR.. A. P. Burns, prominent physician of
| Ellicott City, petitioned the Circuit Court for
| Howard County on Tuesday to change his
name from Arthur P. Burns to Arthur 7. de
Burnes Radcliffe. The petitioned was grant
ed. In his petition DR.. Burns states that he is
the only male descendant of James Radcliffe,
Earl Derwentwater, of England, who was be-
headed in ZIG for participating in the re-
billion of 1715, to restore the Stuarts to the
throne of England. His son, John Radcliffe,
| came to this country and changed his name
to Davis for safety. pr. Burns also states
that he is the only descendant OF Godris de
Burnes, Norman baron.
There is local law for Talbot county re.
curing the county commissioners to pay q
cash bounty of SO cents for every hawk killed
in the county. On Tuesday the commission
ers paid S49l. so for 983 hawks killed on Sat
urday in Bay Hundred district. When all
the returns Of the days hawk-shooting are in
the number will be brought up to 1900. On
Saturday aocks ofthousands of hawks, coming
from the south, poured into that section and
swooped down on farms and poultry yards.
The inhabitants stopped all other business
and went to shooting hawks Many more
would have been killed, but the neighborhood
supply of gunpowder became exhausted. In
the evening the hawks again gathered together
in flocks and moved off up the bay. Such an
incursion of hawks is phenomenal.
Negotiations are going on looking to a con-
tract for the sale Of controlling intrest in
! the Annapolis, Washington and Baltimore
Railroad to the Baltimore and Drum Point
Railroad Company. 1t is understood the
contract will be completed in a few days.
The A., W. and B. Road is owned by the
Baltimore banking house Of Alexander Brown
& Sons, and the control will be given to the
Drum Point Railroad Company upon. the
payment of the purchase money in accordance
with the provisions of the contract Mr..
Menges, of New York, the contractor for the
construction of that road, is stated TO be
operating for strong New York parties, and
the friends of the Drum Point Road are
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